Fiction Plane
Erin and I went to The Police concert this weekend, along with my brother and his fiance. I thought it was a great concert, but then there wasn't really much chance that I'd hate it, since The Police have always been one of my favourite bands.
One of the opening acts was an unknown band called Fiction Plane. Their lead singer, Joe Sumner, is Sting's son, so it's not really surprising that he's on tour with The Police. In fact, the obvious nepotism of it left me inclined to dismiss Fiction Plane outright.
But by the time they finished their set, I was impressed. Sumner has definitely inherited his father's singing voice--and at least some of his musical gifts, too. He's got good genes for the singer/songwriter career path, I guess. I picked up their album, Left Side of the Brain, and it's very good.
Right now Fiction Plane is just an indie band--but I'll go out on a limb and predict that they're about to go mainstream. The song you'll probably hear on the radio is called Two Sisters. If you want to listen it, you can can go to the Fiction Plane myspace page.
